2020 Olympics Have A New Date — In 2021

The International Olympic Committee and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed to postpone the Summer Games in Tokyo Due to the coronavirus.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a week stated the International Olympic Committee consented to postpone the matches in reaction to this COVID-19 pandemic,”into a date beyond 2020 but not later than summertime 2021.” This year’s games were scheduled to start July 24 and finish on Aug. 9.

The matches of next year will be known as the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, Abe and IOC president Thomas Bach said.

Officials had thought to reschedule the matches for next spring, and this could have corresponded with the of the legendary blossoms of Japan. But waiting would stop scheduling conflicts with other significant sports events, help”accelerate our progress” in preparing for the new program and provide athletes more time to adapt, Tokyo coordinating committee president Yoshiro Mori told reporters.

The dates are very likely to increase concerns about contests throughout the height of the summer heat and humidity of Japan.

For months, Olympics officials resisted postponing the matches across the world since the officials and exhausts.

As more health officials cautioned against occasions, the postponement became inescapable, and also an increasing number of nations started tripping companies, restricting travel and urging residents to remain at home.

By last week, many states’ Olympic committees, like the United States, known as a postponement, and some threatened to draw their athletes unless the matches were postponed.

This is actually the first time because the version started in 1896 that the Olympic Games are postponed. The matches are cancelled three occasions: due to warfare, all in 1916, 1940 and 1944.